RI.2.11.a

Description: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on Grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a variety of strategies. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 4A

Exemplars

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

Description: Interpreting Word Meaning

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: B-16

B-16

Grade level: 2
Word count: 964 words
Author: Lionel Beasley
Synopsis: Venus and Serena Williams changed the world of tennis.
Excerpt: The family lived in a tough neighborhood. The tennis court near their house wasn't like one you might see on TV.

Question: Read this part from the selection. What does the word "tough" mean here?
  1. dangerous and rough
  2. sturdy and hard to break
  3. not willing to change
  4. calm and quiet

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Choose a selection you read that included some unfamiliar vocabulary. Describe how you used context clues to figure out what the words meant.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions